Stock-car



(No Model.)

H. ARMS.

sTooK GAR. n No. 32 8,7f15. Patented 0o't.'B20, 1885.

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HARRISON ARMS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

STOCK-CA R.

l SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,745, dated October 20, 1885. Application filed July 20, 1885. Serial No. 172,047. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, HARRISON ARMs, of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Cars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the let ters of reference marked thereon.

Thisinvention has reference to an improvement upon the invention described in Letters Patent N o. 308,808, issued to me, and is designed to simplify and increase the efliciency of certain features of the invention therein claimed.

Theinventiou has reference, particularly, to the shutters for Ventilating the cars.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l'is a side elevation of the shutter. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal transverse section of Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are views of details. Fig. 7 is a view showing the position of the slats when closed.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the respective figures.

A are the slats, which are made from two thicknesses of sheet-iron riveted firmly together. The outer edges of each sheet of metal are turned out at a right angle a distance of about half an inch, as shown at a, Fig. 5. The slats are verticallyr pivoted in longitudinal bars B on pins b, as shown particularly in the enlarged Figs. 3 and 4, each pin b resting in a socket, a. Each socket a is attached to one of the slats A by rivets or other suitable devices.

The bars B are attached to the frame-work of the car.

'C is a bar connecting the series of shutters by eyebolts, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6,Whereby a flexible connection is made between the bar and series of slats. This connection of the bar with the series of slats is shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

D is a lever, pivoted at a to the body of the car and to the bar C at c. The lower end of the lever D constitutes a handle, by means of which the series of slats is opened or closed. The position of the slats when open is shown in Fig. 2, and when closed in Fig. 7. In the latter ligure it will be seen that the iiange of one slat laps over the flange of the contiguous Slat, thereby making a tight joint.

Having described my invention, I claim- In a stock-car, a series of metallic slats, A, having outwardly-turned flanges a and sockets a', in combination with the connectingbar C, lever D, and the bars B, having pins b, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal.

HARRISON ARMS. [L s] Witnesses:

W. A. YAGER, GEO. H. BEOKWITH. 

